Singing. Breathing. Healing.

Medicine Walker, by Sendegehya:t, Thomas Anderson (photo Kimberly Barber, September 29, 2022) I was reading this morning in the Globe and Mail about the healing power of drums in Indigenous culture, and what a balm they have been for so many native peoples (and...

I’m kinda done with 1:1

Face 2 Face (retrieved from Snappa.com August 4, 2022) I hope that folks don’t find this thought triggering, but I’m kind of done with 1:1 teaching. I don’t mean that in a blanket kind of way–it’s the way that most of us in the classical...

On Learning:
Process. Practice. Progress. Repeat.

Getting your hands dirty (Snappa, June 2022) I’m back in person at Opera Nuova this year for the first time in three years. So much feels different, and yet so much is the same as always. There are singers who are keen and wide open for learning, and others who...

Entering the cave

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek” –Joseph Campbell Tonight is the opening night of Three Decembers at Winnipeg’s Little Opera Company and this past week has been a rollercoaster of doubt, fear, excitement, triumph,...